The COLD WAR Part I,
Causes of the Cold War: 1.Sovietization, A.Stalin’s security concerns B.Ideological goals 2. Truman doctrine, 1947-> A.Containment B.Marshall plan (European Recovery Program): Total: $13.3 billion
Berlin Blockade and Airlift,
Berlin Blockade and Airlift (cont.) Western Allies (USA, GB, France) united their occupation zones June 1948: New German mark introduced Stalin ordered blockade of roads and rails US and GB created airlift: To May 1949: 278,228 flights 2,326,406 tons of food, coal, other necessities
Berlin Airlift
1949: Communism spreading Soviets removed opposition in eastern Europe –1948: Czechoslovakia Soviets exploded first atomic bomb Chinese revolution NATO founded, 1949 to present
Korean War, Two rival governments: North: Soviet-supported Kim Il Sung’s communist government South: US-supported anti-communist, autocrat Syngman Rhee United Nations resolved to allow a US-led “police action” 40,000 UN forces killed (mostly American) 1.2 million Koreans killed 1 million Chinese killed
THE SOVIET BLOC
The Soviet Bloc not monolithic Josip Broz a.k.a. TITO (r ) Yugoslavia Non-alignment
1953: Stalin died
Nikita Khrushchev (r ) 1956: 20th CPSU Congress Secret Speech “The Thaw” or De- Stalinization, Warsaw Pact formed, 1955 Sino-Soviet split (1960) Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
De-Colonization from Europe, s French Algeria War of Independence, National Liberation Front (FLN) Franz Fanon “Third World” – Alfred Sauvy Repeated attempts at alternative international organizations
New International Organizations